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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22 (Pages 131 - 143).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator describes her mother as a "joiner" (p. 31) what does she mean?
(a) Her mother belongs to a social club known as the Joiners.
(b) Her mother constructs articles by joining pieces of wood.
(c) Her mother likes to join various organizations.
(d) She's using a slang word of the 1960s meaning her mother is not very cool.

2. Early in their developing friendship, Lisa Shillings makes Betsy Goodman promise that...
(a) Betsy will always be honest.
(b) Betsy will never speak to Elizabeth Frazer.
(c) Betsy will never write anything down.
(d) Betsy will never date Brian Morris.

3. Betsy Goodman says her father calls "choosing what you want to hear and concentrating only on that" (p. 18) by the phrase...
(a) A blind spot.
(b) Selective inattention.
(c) Wishful thinking.
(d) Living in your own world.

4. Lisa Shilling has her friends promise that they will do something if she becomes violent. What do they promise to do?
(a) To capture the episode on video.
(b) To call the police.
(c) To keep it secret.
(d) To run away.

5. Rev. Fickett and Mr. Milne, a schoolteacher, talk to Mr. Shilling about Lisa Shilling's situation. Why is Mrs. Shilling not present for that conversation?
(a) The discussion was held at a men's club where women were not allowed.
(b) She deliberately leaves the house to avoid the discussion.
(c) She was in the hospital recovering from surgery.
(d) She was not invited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Lisa Shilling say "'You are quite the most rotten, sneaky, conniving little person I've ever known'" (p. 73)?

2. Betsy Goodman believes that as an adult she will be great at being...

3. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. What does Lisa tell her parents during this conversation?

4. What does Lisa Shilling hope to accomplish by walking deliberately through a floor-to-ceiling window?

5. Which character realizes that Elizabeth Frazer has previously been under professional care for mental illness?

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